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Africa Pre-assessment

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 4hrs 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Level 1

Productive agricultural lands created by deposited sediments carried by floodwaters

a)

alluvial soil

b)

wadis

c)

aquifer

d)

rift valley

2.

Level 1

A culture that believes all elements of nature, such as animals and mountains, have spirits

a)

animist

b)

desertification

c)

transition zone

d)

bedouin

3.

Level 1

Common language

a)

lingua franca

b)

habitat

c)

domesticated

d)

harmattan

4.

Level 1

Oral historians, storytellers, singers, and musicians

a)

griot

b)

harmattan

c)

Sahel

d)

montane

5.

Level 1

high steep cliffs behind the coastal plains

a)

escarpment

b)

wadi

c)

cataract

d)

fault

6.

Level 2

Bedouins are members of a group of nomadic desert people

a)

who move from place to place seeking employments

b)

who move from place to place to sell and trade goods

c)

who migrated to North Africa from Europe

d)

who migrated to North Africa from Southwest Asia

7.

Level 2

An example of successful water management being practiced in the Transition Zone is

a)

restricting water to alternate days

b)

recycling waste water

c)

collecting rainwater in basins

d)

using drip irrigation for farming

8.

Level 2

The rapid growth of many cities in West Africa has placed a burden on existing __________ such as telephone and transportation systems

a)

substructure

b)

telecommunications

c)

infrastructure

d)

arable land

9.

Level 2

European colonization of Equatorial Africa was slowed during the 1800's by

a)

competition for territory with other colonizers

b)

wars in Europe

c)

cholera

d)

malaria

10.

Level 2

In _________, in 2008 protests against the high prices of necessities such as fuel led to deadly riots.

a)

Angola

b)

Mozambique

c)

Johannesburg

d)

Pretoria

11.

Level 3

Why was salt so important to early African kingdoms?

a)

Salt was used as medicine.

b)

Salt aided in digestion.

c)

Salt was used to preserve meat

d)

It was used in soap as an exfoliator.

12.

Level 3

Which statement is correct about Imperialism and it's effects on Africa.

a)

Imperialism caused alliances (friendships) between African and European countries.

b)

Imperialism redrew political borders, putting warlike tribes together and dividing friendly tribes.

c)

Imperialism caused many Europeans to move to Africa creating a problem with over population.

d)

Imperialism in the late 1800's caused the slave trade to start again.

13.

Level 3

Africa was most likely colonized for what reason?

a)

Economic profit

b)

Access to raw materials

c)

Valuable resources

d)

All of them

14.

Level 3

One reason North Africa developed differently from the rest of Africa was that these areas were separated by the

a)

Congo River Basin

b)

Sahara Desert

c)

Nile River

d)

Arabian Desert

15.

Level 3

Which development most likely contributed to the changes discussed in the quotation?

a)

boundaries drawn by Europeans in colonial Africa

b)

climate change in Africa

c)

the movement of Africans from rural to urban areas

d)

political control by European governments